A cable termination assembly configured for mounting to an interior portion of a printed circuit board. The cable termination assembly has a frame shaped to receive a paddle card to which a plurality of cables are terminated. A lid, when closed, may force the paddle card into contact with an interposer, which in turn may be pressed into a printed circuit board on which the cable termination assembly is mounted. Electrical signals may pass between the cables and traces in the printed circuit board via the paddle card and interposer. The termination assembly may be mounted near a processor or other high speed component on the printed circuit board, enabling high speed signals to be coupled with low loss between a periphery of the printed circuit board, or even a location off the printed circuit board, and the high speed component.

Interconnect systems having anti-backout latches and securement members are disclosed.

A quick release connecting device includes an actuating retainer and a fixing member movably assembled to the actuating retainer. The fixing member includes a pivot portion and a pivot member movably mounted to the pivot portion; and the pivot member is coupled with a second object. The fixing member includes a limiting section and the pivot member includes a corresponding limiting section, such that the limiting section and the corresponding limiting section limit or stop each other at a specific location when the fixing member is moved or rotated. With these arrangements, the quick release connecting device can be applied to conveniently and repeatedly connect and separate a circuit board, a drawer, or a window to and from a corresponding rack, chassis, cabinet or window frame. The pivot member may be a pin that passes through a hole in the second object is retained by deformation of an end of the pin or by deformation of a portion of the second object.

An electrical connector includes an insulative housing retaining a plurality of contacts therein and surrounded by a metallic seat. A clip includes a frame with corresponding four walls to commonly form a receiving cavity to receive the electronic package therein, and each wall forms a pressing section to downwardly press an upward surface of the electronic package. A pair of latches are formed on a lower side of the frame to cooperate with the pressing sections of the walls to retain electronic package within the receiving cavity to be wholly a sub-assembly for being commonly received within the electrical connector. The clip includes a releasing handle to actuate the corresponding latch, and the releasing handle is positioned in an opening of the seat and intimately above the printed circuit board to function as a foolproof mechanism for loading the electronic package in a right orientation.

A mechanism for securing a connector device and a mating connector device to one another and for releasing them from one another, the mechanism having at least one catch arranged on the connector device and a drive with a shaft, the rotation of which is capable of moving the catch to and fro between an open position and a locking position of the catch. The mechanism is constructed such that, during travel between the open position and the locking position, the catch performs a combined pivoting and translational movement, and/or a translational movement on a curved path. The mechanism has a slotted link with a link guide and a link block, wherein the link guide is arranged on the catch and the link block lies on the axis of the shaft or is formed by the shaft. The drive has a crank drive for converting the rotation of the shaft into a movement of the catch between the open position and the locking position and the mechanism has a second slotted link for guiding the catch, wherein a link block of the second slotted link is formed by part of a connecting rod shaft on the catch side with which a connecting rod of the crank drive is coupled to the catch. The catch takes the form of a toggle lever. Furthermore, a connector device with the mechanism and a system consisting of a connector device with a mechanism and a mating connector device having at least one mating catch.

A card edge connector with reduced height that operates reliably. The connector has a housing with a slot extending toward a mounting face. An electronic card can be inserted into the slot until an edge of the card is in a seating plane. The connector has a latch pivotally connected to the housing which may be rotated to eject the card. A reinforcing member may be disposed in the latch with a foot extending between the edge of the card and the mounting face such that, when the latch is rotated, the foot may press against the edge of the card to eject the card. The reinforcing member is both mechanically stronger and thermally more conductive than the latch. Such a configuration enables the seating plane to be closer to the mounting face than that required to meet industry standards.

A power tool may include a compartment in its housing and a first printed circuit board (PCB) located in the housing and electrically coupled to a first connector. An insertable wireless communication device may include a second electronic processor and an antenna that are each mounted to a second PCB. The insertable wireless communication device may be configured to be received in the compartment and may include a second connector configured to electrically and physically couple to the first connector. The insertable wireless communication device may be configured to wirelessly communicate with an external device. When the insertable wireless communication device is inserted into the compartment, a first conductive layer of the first PCB may be configured to be electrically coupled to the antenna via the first connector and the second connector such that the first conductive layer of the first PCB serves as a ground plane of the antenna.

The present invention discloses a connector that utilizes a first connecting portion includes a plurality of terminals and a latching arm that forms a connection end and utilizes a second connecting portion includes a plurality of terminal slots and an engaging groove that be coupled to the connection end of the first connecting portion. The terminals are electrically connected to the terminal slots and the connecting ends are fastened to the engaging arms, and the terminals are electrically connected to the terminal slots. In a state in which the electrical connection is maintained, the first connecting portion and the second connecting portion are disposed in close to or in the same plane by applying an external force to change the first angle between the first connecting portion and the second connecting portion to the second angle.

A retainer assembly includes a CPU and a retaining clip assemble together along an insertion/withdrawal direction perpendicular to a vertical direction of the CPU wherein the CPU forms a pair of sliding grooves, and the retaining clip forms a receiving space, an opening communicating the receiving space with an exterior, and a pair of retaining arms located by two sides of the receiving space and moveable along the pair of sliding grooves for allow the CPU to be received within the receiving space via said opening. The retaining arm may further optimally form a recess to receive a block of the CPU for retaining the CPU with regard to the retaining clip in the insertion/withdrawal direction. The retaining clip may or may not be mounted to the printed circuit board on which an electrical connector is mounted.

In one implementation, a system for a tool-less multipoint latching mechanism includes a number of adjustable cams of a bracket to interact with a number of corresponding cam surfaces located on a computing board, a number of locking locations to couple a printed circuit assembly (PCA) to the bracket, and a number of pin-in-slot joints of the bracket that interact with the number of adjustable cams to vertically lower the coupled PCA into a number of receiving connectors on the computing board.